Raycast — decoded design system

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Raycast's design system, decoded live by Mozaika: measured color roles, type scale, buttons with real hover/focus states, motion and the brand's own tokens.

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Decoded design system

Raycast's decoded design system: background #07080A, text #FFFFFF, accent #56C2FF, link #56C2FF, primary #56C2FF; type scale h1 40px / h2 24px / body 16px; 4px spacing base; 8px base radius. The single interactive/action color is #E6E6E6 — used only on interactive or must-notice elements (buttons, links, key highlights), never on large fills.

Color roles

Using these colors

• Action color #E6E6E6 — the single interactive color; only on things you click or must notice, never large fills.
• primary, accent, link are all #56C2FF — one role, not several (the action color).
• accent #56C2FF — accent for emphasis — keep it rare on the page.
• secondary #59D499 — optional secondary accent — LOW decode confidence; use rarely (a status color or a single decorative moment) or omit it entirely. Prefer one accent unless the reference clearly shows two.

Typography

• Heading: Inter
• Body: Inter
• h1: 40px
• h2: 24px
• body: 16px

Spacing

• base unit: 4px
• scale: 4px, 6px, 8px, 9px, 12px, 16px, 18px, 20px, 24px, 32px

Radii

• base: 8px
• button: 8px

Shadow

rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5) 0px 0px 0px 2px, rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.19) 0px 0px 14px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px -1px 0.4px 0px inset, rgb(255, 255, 255) 0px 1px 0.4px 0px inset

Shadows (elevation)

• card: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.11) 0px -4px 10px 0px

Motion

Micro-interactions run at 300ms (dominant) with ease.

• durations: 300ms · 200ms · 100ms
• easings: ease · ease-in-out
• animated properties: color, transform, background-color, background-image

Native design tokens

…and 70 more measured on the page.

Button states (measured)

• primary hover: background #FFFFFF

Motion choreography (measured)

Load order: div.Metadata-module__6PgEfq_ → a.NavLink-module__qZd0pW__

Input (measured)

height 42px · radius 8px

Responsive (measured)

• breakpoints: 400px · 480px · 720px · 768px · 840px · 1024px
• mobile (390px): hero 20px · nav inline

Install it

Drop this measured system into any shadcn/Tailwind project in one command:

npx shadcn add https://mozaika.design/r/decode/raycast.com

Or as a Meta Astryx theme — a ready defineTheme file with the measured hover/press states baked in:

curl -o src/themes/raycast.theme.ts https://mozaika.design/api/astryx/decode/raycast.com.ts

registry item · astryx theme · or query it over MCP: get_design_system("Raycast")

Export: DESIGN.md

# Raycast — Design System

> dark, modern, medium, custom — deep decode (measured live)

## Colors

| Role | Value |
|------|-------|
| bg | `#07080A` |
| surface | `#151618` |
| border | `#2C2D2E` |
| text | `#FFFFFF` |
| text_muted | `#A0A1A1` |
| primary | `#56C2FF` |
| accent | `#56C2FF` |
| link | `#56C2FF` |
| secondary | `#59D499` |
| button_bg | `#E6E6E6` |
| button_text | `#2F3031` |

**Using these colors**

- **Action color** `#E6E6E6` — the single interactive color; it appears only on things you click or must notice (buttons, key highlights), never on large fills or backgrounds.
- `primary`, `accent`, `link` are all `#56C2FF` — one role, not several.
- **accent** `#56C2FF` — accent for emphasis — keep it rare on the page.
- **secondary** `#59D499` — optional secondary accent — LOW decode confidence; use rarely (a status color or a single decorative moment) or omit it entirely. Prefer one accent unless the reference clearly shows two.
- **Page coverage** (full-page screenshot pixels): `#07080A` 81% · `#16111A` 13.3% · `#3C3C4D` 5.7%

## Typography

- Heading: **Inter**
- Body: **Inter**

| Role | Size / weight · line-height · tracking |
|------|------------------------------------------|
| hero | 40px / 600 · lh 60px |
| h2 | 24px / 600 · lh 36px |
| h3 | 20px / 600 · lh 30px |
| body | 16px / 400 · lh 24px |
| small | 14px / 500 · lh 22px · tracking 0.2px |

- Weight ladder: 400 · 500 · 600 — use these exact measured weights, not the 400/600 defaults.

> **Fonts —** Inter — free, on Google.

## Spacing
- base unit: 4px (inferred from the measured scale)
- measured scale: 4px, 6px, 8px, 9px, 12px, 16px, 18px, 20px, 24px, 32px — snap all gaps/padding to these

## Radius
- base: 8px
- button: 8px
- card: 6px
- pill: 9999px

## Buttons

| Button | Fill / text | Border | Radius | Padding | Font | Shadow |
|--------|-------------|--------|--------|---------|------|--------|
| primary | `#E6E6E6` / `#2F3031` | none | 8px | 8px 12px 8px 12px | 500 14px / 0.2px | rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5) 0px 0px 0px 2px, rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.19) 0px 0px 14px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px -1px 0.4px 0px inset, rgb(255, 255, 255) 0px 1px 0.4px 0px inset |
| secondary | `#111214` / `#FFFFFF` | 1px solid rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.06) | 6px | 9px 16px 9px 16px | 500 11px / 0.1px | rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.05) 0px 1px 0px 0px inset |

**States (measured, not guessed)**

- primary hover: background `#FFFFFF`
- secondary hover: background `#1B1C1E`
- transition: `background-image 0.2s ease`

## Shadows (elevation)
- card: `rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.11) 0px -4px 10px 0px`
- button: `rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5) 0px 0px 0px 2px, rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.19) 0px 0px 14px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px -1px 0.4px 0px inset, rgb(255, 255, 255) 0px 1px 0.4px 0px inset`

## Motion
- durations: 300ms (dominant) · 200ms · 100ms
- easings: `ease` (dominant) · `ease-in-out`
- animated properties: color, transform, background-color, background-image

Micro-interactions use the dominant duration + easing; nothing on the page animates slower than the longest duration above — don't invent springier motion.

## Their own tokens (verbatim from :root)

| Token | Value |
|-------|-------|
| `--Base-White` | `#fff` |
| `--grey-50` | `#e6e6e6` |
| `--grey-100` | `#cdcece` |
| `--grey-200` | `#9c9c9d` |
| `--grey-300` | `#6a6b6c` |
| `--grey-400` | `#434345` |
| `--grey-500` | `#2f3031` |
| `--grey-600` | `#1b1c1e` |
| `--grey-700` | `#111214` |
| `--grey-800` | `#0c0d0f` |
| `--grey-900` | `#07080a` |
| `--Base-Black` | `#000` |

_…and 68 more measured on the page._

Prefer these names when extending their system — it's the brand's actual vocabulary.

## Motion choreography (measured)
Load order: `div.Metadata-module__6PgEfq_` @0ms → `a.NavLink-module__qZd0pW__` @14ms

Rebuild the timeline, not just the durations — order, delays and staggers above are the choreography.

## Components (measured)
- input: h 42px · r 8px · border 1px solid rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.05) · bg rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.05) · placeholder #6A6B6C
- link: #56C2FF · no underline

## Responsive (measured)
- breakpoints: 400px · 480px · 720px · 768px · 840px · 1024px
- mobile (390px): hero 20px · body 16px · nav: inline

## How to apply
Paste the Tailwind `@theme` (or CSS variables) as your base, then build each
section to its spec — verify every color, radius, and font against these tokens.
Hover/focus states, shadows and motion timings above are measured from the live page — match them exactly, don't re-guess them.

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